Collaborative Research: GEODES: Geoscience Diversity Experiential Simulations

第一部分地球科学多样性体验模拟（GEODES）项目测试了新的基于研究的方法，为地球科学家提供公平和包容的专业发展（PD）。该项目将创建虚拟现实角色扮演模拟，旨在教授地球科学家团队发展和实践识别偏见和有效干预地球科学特定场景的技能。这种新的行动能力也将在项目中得到利用。通过关注机构工作，将偏见对把关决策的影响降至最低，从而改善美国的领导力课程。测试这些场景在改变现实生活行为方面的成功将有助于科学家多样性培训的文献。对我们综合PD计划的评估将为地球科学部门提供有前途的实践，以改变态度和实践，为所有人创造一个更友好的氛围。我们的项目为大学教师提供培训，培养他们成为多元化的捍卫者，他们也将成为其他专业人士的榜样。参与者将开始系统地开放专业，通过使用社会封闭镜头来减少关键专业看门角色（例如，搜索委员会和研究生招生）的偏见。此外，我们的虚拟模拟提供了一种工具，不同层次的地球科学领导可能对演示、宣传和实施感兴趣。提出的新的沉浸式学习工具将推广到其他STEM领域。机器学习和技术发展的结合可能会在不久的将来为所有教师、学生和管理人员提供这种主动参与模拟。领导力课程将系统化关于制度变革的广泛文献，从而创建一个连贯的、可理解的、可应用于更多机构的一般策略。第二部分地球科学多样性体验模拟（GEODES）项目借鉴了社会认知理论（Bandura, 1986）和社会封闭理论（Murphy, 1986）。1988年)为一批地球科学家提供专业发展（PD）： 1)增加他们对与地球科学有关的偏见和社会正义问题的认识；2)利用虚拟现实模拟进行旁观者干预训练；3)培养领导技能，以关键的把关决策为目标，改变他们的家庭机构；4)支持他们继续发展成为多元化、公平和包容的捍卫者。这些目标是通过几个阶段来实现的，首先是为期三天的密集研讨会，该研讨会教导和挑战参与者批判性地思考社会正义并培养领导技能。研讨会将以使用虚拟现实角色扮演场景的旁观者干预培训告终。参与者将继续通过视频会议召开每月一次的期刊俱乐部会议，在那里公平、包容和领导力等问题将作为一个群体进行讨论。测量的结果包括对多样性、公平和领导技巧的态度和知识的前后变化。

Part IThe Geoscience Diversity Experiential Simulations (GEODES) project tests new research-based methods for providing professional development (PD) in equity and inclusion for geoscientists. The project will create virtual reality role-play simulations designed to teach cohorts of geoscientists to develop and practice skills for recognizing bias and effectively intervening in geoscience-specific scenarios. This new ability to act will also be harnessed in the project?s leadership curriculum by focusing on institutional work to minimize the effects of bias on gatekeeping decisions. Testing the success of these scenarios in changing real-life behavior will contribute to the literature around diversity training for scientists. Evaluation of our comprehensive PD program will inform promising practices for geoscience departments to change attitudes and practice to create a more welcoming climate for all.Our project provides PD to university faculty to train them as champions for diversity who will also become role models for other professionals. Participants will begin to systematically open up the profession by employing a social-closure lens to minimize bias in key professional gate-keeping roles (e.g., search committees and graduate admissions). Furthermore, our virtual simulation provides a tool that various levels of geoscience leadership might be interested in demonstrating, advertising, and implementing. The proposed new immersive-learning tool will be generalizable to other STEM fields. A combination of machine learning and technology development may allow such active-participation simulations for all faculty, students, and administrators in the near future. The leadership curriculum will systematize the broad literature on institutional change for inclusion, thus creating a coherent, understandable, and general strategy that can be applied to many more institutionsPart IIThe Geoscience Diversity Experiential Simulations(GEODES)project draws from social cognitive theory (Bandura, 1986) and social closure theory (Murphy, 1988) to provide professional development (PD) for a cohort of geoscientists to 1) increase their knowledge of bias and social justice issues relevant to the geosciences; 2) engage in bystander intervention training using virtual reality simulations; 3) develop leadership skills to target critical gatekeeping decisions to transform their home institutions; and 4) support their continued development into champions for diversity, equity, and inclusion. These goals are achieved through several phases, beginning with a three-day intensive workshop that teaches and challenges participants to think critically about social justice and develops leadership skills. The workshop will culminate in bystander intervention training using virtual reality role-play scenarios. Participants will continue to meet for a monthly journal club over video conferencing, where issues of equity, inclusion, and leadership are discussed as a group. Measured outcomes include pre-post changes in attitudes and knowledge regarding diversity, equity, and leadership techniques.